Nomination Form

Please print or type the following information requested

Name of Nominee

Home Address:

Home Phone:

Nominee is:  _____Employee _____Volunteer

School District/Agency:

Position:

Business Address:

Business Phone:

Please explain, on a separate sheet of paper, the specific program/service that is involved, the target population, the role of the nominee, how literacy is promoted, the length on time the nominee has been involved in the program/service, and the specific outcomes.

Name of Nominator(s):

Home Address:

Home Phone:

School District/Agency:

Position:

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Please list any references that could be contacted concerning this program/service and the nominee’s involvement.

Name:                                                                          Name: Position:                                                                                     Position: Address:                                                                                     Address: Phone:                                                                                         Phone:

Thank you for taking the time to complete this Celebrate Literacy nomination by April 20, 2010.

Please submit all information to Louise Rose, c/o Myers Corners Elementary School, 156 Myers Corners Road, Wappingers Falls, New York 12590.

GOAL:         To provide support and encouragement for an educator or college student pursuing study in the field of literacy (a stipend of $350 will be awarded to the recipient)

Name________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________

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Telephone/e-mail___________________________________

Present Position/College Planning to Attend________

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School Enrolled______________________________________

Cumulative Academic Average_______________________

Program of Study____________________________________

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Attach Candidate’s Statement:  Include information about your academic background (including GPA) and your employment history.  Discuss how your educational and career goals relate to your commitment to promoting literacy education.  (maximum 2 typed pages)

Submit by:  April 20, 2010

To:     Jennifer Taylor/Vassar Road School/174 Vassar Road/Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Mindy Grey, Lorelei Hauptmann, and Pauline Herr

Locust Grove, Samuel F.B. Morse Estate
Poughkeepsie, New York

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
4:15-5:45

“New and Wonderful Books for All Students”

Pauline Herr, librarian at LaGrange Middle School, Lorelei Hauptmann, librarian at LaGrange Elementary, and Mindy Grey, librarian at Trevor Road School, will present worthwhile children’s and young adults’ literature to motivate students and enhance literacy instruction in many areas.  Pauline, Lorelei, and Mindy will present book that can be used to support instruction across the language arts and content area curricula.  We will learn about selecting new and worthwhile books that will engage readers.  Develop your own knowledge about children’s literature in order to effectively share good books with your students.

The presenters will show and discuss wonderful books for read alouds, guided reading, and independent reading while you are able to network with other educators and discuss the uses of the recommended literature.

Please feel free to bring a colleague or administrator to share in this delightful presentation.
Come early at 3:45 for refreshments, the opportunity to browse through the books, and network with area educators.
PLEASE BRING A BOOK TO DONATE TO BROOKHAVEN

Members are welcome to attend at no charge. There is a $10.00 fee for guests.

Mount Saint Mary College, Vassar College and SUNY New Paltz

Celebrate Poetry Month with

Poetry Writing Workshops

Presented by

Members of the Hudson Valley Writing Project

The Samuel F.B. Morse Estate Locust Grove - Poughkeepsie

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

4:15-5:45

Participants will be able to choose one of the following workshops:

“Observant Eyes in the Classroom:  Training Ourselves to Notice and Think Deeply“

Jane Gregory

Looking at a wealth of traditional and modern haiku, participants will consider how this simple form can offer surprising depth of reading and writing experiences in the classroom.  The seeds of discipline for all age students can be found as we practice noticing in the natural world and exploring the conciseness of language.  This respected poetic form provides students a chance to appreciate the immediacy of their surroundings and join a long and honored tradition. 

Jane Gregory was a high school English teacher in Arlington. Affiliated now with SUNY New Paltz, she has taught haiku workshops for all grade levels, elementary, middle, and high school. 

“River of Words“

Richard Parisio

    This workshop is limited to 25 participants who will be going outside so please dress appropriately.

               In this interactive session, teachers will discover effective strategies for using poetry writing as an investigative tool for helping students to explore their own watersheds, combining science inquiry with language arts skills (listening, reading, and writing).  Workshop participants use a variety of strategies and mentor poems to write their own nature poems outdoors.  The workshop also includes small and large group discussion focusing on watershed poetry written by Hudson Valley school children.

            Richard Parisio has worked as an interpretive naturalist for over thirty years, in the Everglades, Pocono Mountains, at Assateague Island, and the Catskills and Hudson Valley.  He is currently NYS Coordinator for River of Words, a national contest of children’s poetry and art on the theme of watersheds.

 PLEASE BRING A BOOK TO DONATE TO THE CHILDREN AT BROOKHAVEN

Members are welcome to attend at no charge.  There is a $10.00 fee for guests.

Membership may be paid at the door

Mount Saint Mary College and the Vassar College Department of Education

cordially invite you to attend

The Annual Dinner Meeting and Election of Officers

Christo’s Restaurant at McCann Golf Course

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Cocktails at 5:30 p.m.   Dinner at 6 p.m.

Speaker 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Graphic Novels

A Hudson Valley Story:  Finding Mohawk Country

Guest Speaker:  Mr. George O’Connor

Author and Graphic Novelist

George O’Connor is the author of the New York Times bestseller Kapow!, and other picture books, including Ker-Splash, Sally and the Some-thing and Uncle Bigfoot. Upcoming works include Ball-Peen Hammer, a dark, dystopian graphic novel written by famed playwright Adam Rapp, and The Olympians, a twelve book series retelling the classic Greek Myths in comics form.

His first graphic novel, Journey into Mohawk Country, was a long-held dream that weaved together his passion for history and ongoing research into Native American life. Mr. O’Connor has engagingly woven an historical journal of the 1600s Dutch trader Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert into a meaningful graphic novel. His talk, Finding Mohawk Country, will inspire educators and students to explore NY history and the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s voyage.

______________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                       

Name  ___________________________________________Phone_____________________      

Address ______________________________________________  email _________________

City, State, Zip  ______________________________________________________________

Cost:   $30 MHRC Members

         $38 Non-Members

Dinner Includes:  sliced melon, salad, choice of entree, potato,  vegetable, dessert, and coffee or tea

Choice of Entree:                Grilled Salmon in Dill Sauce_______

               Broiled Fillet Mignon_______

                                                                                   Chicken Parisienne_______

Please make your check payable to the: Mid-Hudson Reading Council

and  return by May 4 to:  Diane Angotti-Rawson

297 Orchard Road

Highland , NY  12528

(845) 795-2206

email:  prawson1@optonline.net 

This is a dinner meeting.  No guests will be allowed to attend for the speaker only.

Dr. Joan M. Miller

Professor, Mount Saint Mary College

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
4:15-5:45

Come early at 3:45 to network with other area educators. 
Refreshments will be served. 

Members are welcome to attend at no charge. 
There is a $10.00 fee for non-members.

Mid-Hudson Reading Council

Mount Saint Mary College

and

Vassar College Department of Education

Present

Dr. Dee Berlinghoff

Associate Professor and Consultant

Locust Grove, The Samuel F.B. Morse Estate

Poughkeepsie

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

4:15-5:45

“The Gradual Release Model of Writing”

Dr. Berlinghoff will provide understanding of the Gradual Release Model for teaching writing.  This powerful method of engaging struggling and disenfranchised students will be presented, along with specific suggestions for teaching all students in the classroom. The model will provide many suggestions for implementation in classrooms across the curriculum.

The presentation is suitable for teachers of all grades and all kinds of classrooms in which students need to write. 

Dee Berlinghoff will return to the MHRC to share more of the strategies learned during her post-doctoral work at the University of Kansas.  Dr. Berlinghoff has been both participant and presenter during the summer institutes at the University of Kansas.

Come early at 3:45 to network with other area educators and chat with our speaker.

PLEASE BRING A BOOK TO DONATE TO THE CHILDREN AT BROOKHAVEN

Members are welcome to attend at no charge.  There is a $10.00 fee for guests.

Membership may be paid at the door

2009-2010 program dates:

Mount Saint Mary College and the Vassar College Department of Education

cordially invite you to attend

The Annual Dinner Meeting and Election of Officers

Christo’s Restaurant at McCann Golf Course

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Cocktails at 5:30 p.m.   Dinner at 6 p.m.

Speaker 7:30-9:00 p.m.

“Getting the Big Ideas“

Guest Speaker:  Dr. Sean Walmsley

Professor and Chair of the Reading Department, The University at Albany

In this talk, Dr. Sean A. Walmsley will discuss what it means for children to grasp big ideas (in both literature and content areas, even art and music), where big ideas are found (they are often hidden from view), and some of the ways in which teachers can teach big ideas even to very young children. Big ideas aren’t just for secondary school and beyond!

Dr. Walmsley is co-editor with Dr. Richard L. Allington of the important book, No Quick Fix: Rethinking Literacy Programs in America’s Elementary Schools, the RTI Edition.  This book reviews key resources that are relevant for classroom teachers, reading specialists, administrators, and others interested in fostering schools where all students learn to read.   Dr. Walmsley’s book, Closing the Circle: A Practical Guide to Implementing Literacy Reform, K-12, is another major book for teachers and administrators who are concerned about the literacy programs within their schools and districts.

______________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                       

Name  ___________________________________________Phone_____________________       

Address ______________________________________________  email _________________

City, State, Zip  ______________________________________________________________

Cost:   $30 MHRC Members

         $38 Non-Members

Dinner Includes:  sliced melon, salad, choice of entree, potato,  vegetable, dessert, and coffee or tea

Choice of Entree:

Grilled Salmon in Dill Sauce_______

Broiled Fillet Mignon_______

Chicken Parisienne_______

Please make your check payable to the: Mid-Hudson Reading Council

and  return by May 4 to:  Diane Angotti-Rawson  (845) 795-2206

email: prawson1@optonline.net

297 Orchard Road, Highland , NY  12528

This is a dinner meeting.  No guests will be allowed to attend for the speaker only.

Vassar College Department of Education
and

Mount Saint Mary College, Division of Education 

Present

Dr. Janine Bixler

Associate Professor, Mount Saint Mary College

Editor of:  Negotiating Literacy Learning: Exploring the Challenges & Achievements of Struggling Readers

 Samuel F. B. Morse Estate, Locust Grove

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
4:15-5:45

“Using Assessments
to Inform Appropriate Literacy Instruction”

Dr.  Bixler will discuss important research that is the basis of her book.  She will tell about the insights gained from working with teachers who used assessments and made appropriate instructional decisions about struggling literacy learners.  The incredibly diverse problems teachers face each day were documented as teachers took responsibility for individual challenges the students presented. 

Dr. Bixler is a well-loved professor at Mount Saint Mary College who teaches undergraduate and graduate literacy courses.  Her book received outstanding reviews across the country such as, “This wonderful book is like a ‘Think-Aloud’ for teachers as they find ways to meet the needs of struggling readers.”

Come early at 3:45 for refreshments and to network with area educators.

PLEASE BRING A BOOK TO DONATE TO BROOK HAVEN

Members are welcome to attend at no charge. There is a $10.00 fee for guests.